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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isaac appreciate about Islamic art now, in Scene Two?
(a) Its feminine influences.
(b) Its subtlety.
(c) Its earnestness.
(d) Its patterns within patterns.

2. How much time has gone by between Scene One and Scene Two?
(a) Four Days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One month.
(d) Three months.

3. How old is Isaac?
(a) 45.
(b) 55.
(c) 40.
(d) 50.

4. What law does Amir say he would need to have experience with, to defend Imam Fareed?
(a) The Money Laundering Control Act.
(b) The Patriot Act.
(c) McCain-Feingold.
(d) Glass-Steagall.

5. What does the painting over the mantel piece represent?
(a) A Moor.
(b) A mosque.
(c) A landscape.
(d) An Islamic garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the effect of the painting over the mantel piece?

2. What season is Scene One set in?

3. Where did Amir start his law career?

4. How does the text Amir reads from in Scene Two characterize the group of attorneys surrounding Imam Fareed?

5. Who does Emily know, who worked at this investment bank?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Abe mean when he says that Amir had to go “the other way” for a while (15)?

2. What does the stage set tell us about the social class Amir Kapoor and Emily Hughes-Kapoor are in?

3. What is the juxtaposition we se, in the phone calls Amir takes, back-to-back, while Emily is painting him?

4. What is Amir’s relationship with the painting his wife’s painting is based on?

5. How has Amir’s religious career developed over the course of his life, according to Abe?

6. What contradiction does Amir identify in Emily’s feelings about him and his responsibilities?

7. How does Emily appropriate Islamic art?

8. How does “submission” factor into Islamic art, according to Emily in her discussion with Isaac?

9. What is the importance of the statue of Siva on the mantelpiece?

10. What do we learn about Amir’s career when the phone rings, interrupting the painting session?

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